41-year-old Lindsey Vonn had her Olympic comeback dreams crushed as she suffered a devastating crash only 13 seconds into her downhill final on Feb. 8.

 After returning from retirement this season after 6 years, the American alpine skier had set her sights on becoming the oldest alpine Olympic medalist.

By Luisa Farole

20 years since the last US women's figure skating medal and 4 years after her own retirement, World Champion Alysa Liu won gold in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Liu is the youngest US champion of all time, winning the national title at age 13. She entered the 2022 Beijing Olympics at age 16 and, after a sixth-place finish, shocked the world by retiring from the sport.

By Christopher Landa

Former Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin has controversially left Ole Miss to become the head football coach at rival Louisiana State University (LSU). Kiffin has a history of leaving teams in the dust. Kiffin agreed to a seven-year contract worth $91 million with the Tigers.

By Jacob Nadelhaft

On Friday, Dec. 5, the first stage groups of the 2026 World Cup, being held in the United States, were drawn. The ceremony was held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where every qualifying country was placed into one of 12 groups A-L, with four teams in each group.

By Valerie Merkowitz

On Saturday, Oct. 18, Albert Einstein High School’s Varsity field hockey team ended a historic regular season at 8-4.

Fockey started the season with two dominant wins over Springbrook and Paint Branch. After a grueling regular time ending tied, the Titans went into overtime versus Springbrook, with senior Lucy Stenger finally breaking the draw with an incredible overtime goal.

By Elena Limauro

This summer, senior Olivia Green represented the United States of America at the World Games in China. She competes in acrobatic gymnastics and is a two-time world silver medalist. 

Green started acrobatic gymnastics at 11 years old, after doing artistic gymnastics and dance in earlier years. She “wanted a combo of the two,” gymnastics and dance, so she started Acro.

By Jocelyn Kay

After 24 races in 21 different countries and a title fight until the very end, the 2025 Formula One season came to a close in Abu Dhabi on Dec. 7 with McLaren driver Lando Norris being crowned champion. Red Bull driver and championship runner-up, Max Verstappen, took victory in the race, but the win was not enough to push him into the championship lead.

By Campbell Goldston